Using ngx_http_realip_module seems not to work out-of-the-box about nginx-buildpack

[ryanmoran]

Those updated docs are in cloudfoundry/docs-buildpacks#255.

With that update, I will consider this issue closed unless there is a further problem.

[cf-gitbot]

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[ryanmoran]

There is definitely some confusion in the wording used in the documentation. There are 2 kinds of "built-in" modules in this buildpack: 1) modules compiled into the nginx binary and always available (like ngx_http_realip_module), and 2) modules compiled as libraries and included in the buildpack that can be dynamically loaded at runtime (like ngx_stream_module).

We will add some clarification to the docs to outline this difference. As for a fix here, you shouldn't need to load the ngx_http_realip_module at all, just use it in your existing nginx.conf.

Cheers!

[robachmann]

Thank you so much for clearing things up, @ryanmoran :-)